A first-year surgery resident sees a child with a skin-covered neural tube defect.The chief resident says that the defect was caused by abnormal secondary neurulation.Assuming this is true,at what level of the CNS would the defect occur?

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Skin-covered neural tube defects are typically seen in the lumbosacral and/or coccygeal region, which corresponds to the location of abnormal secondary neurulation. Therefore, the best choice is F, lumbosacral and/or coccygeal spinal cord.

A First-Year Surgery Resident Sees a Child with a Skin-Covered